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General Summary

Under minimal supervision, performs all activities necessary to process one or more payrolls, including maintaining records, filing payroll reports, documenting and updating procedures. Supports Payroll Lead with project related items including design, documentation, testing and implementation.

Essential Job Accountabilities

• Maintain expert knowledge of the collective bargaining agreements for the area in which timecards are being processed for; to ensure payrate accuracy.
• Sustain a professional understanding of the projects and type of work generating the timecards to ensure payrate accuracy.
• Audit, reconcile and process timecard information received from the field for weekly, craft employees in order to ensure accuracy.
• Analyze payroll and timecard reports to ensure accurate recordkeeping and reporting.
• Create hourly interim checks as needed, including reviewing edits to ensure accurate gross payments to employees.
• Meet consistent daily, weekly and monthly timecard processing deadlines in payroll to ensure timeliness.
• Analyze recordkeeping functions in a computerized system to ensure accurate reporting of timecard information and certified payroll reports.
• Identify, develop and implement standardization through efficiency gain projects to stay ahead in our industry.
• Provide superior customer service in a timely, professional manner to promote a positive interaction with internal and external customers to ensure that they experience the highest quality of customer service
• Coordinate daily and weekly processing activities and direct staff in order to assist department manager in the absence of the Payroll Lead.

Education

• Associates Degree in Accounting or equivalent experience

Work Experience

• 5+ years of related payroll experience

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Advanced technical knowledge of commonly-used payroll concepts, practices, and procedures
• Ability to use independent judgment in analyzing situations and making payroll related decisions.
• Advanced knowledge of JD Edwards, Heavy Job, Excel and Word
• 10-key by touch
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to work overtime as needed

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Additional Requirements/Skills

• Highly Organized
• Ability to multi-task
• Problem solving skills
• Willingness to travel
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Team player
• Ability to abide by Company’s Code of Conduct on a daily basis

Our Benefits at a Glance:

Building tomorrow starts with you, and Granite knows that you can excel only if we support you in and out of the workplace.  That is why we offer a broad benefits package that includes paid holidays, sick leave, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending plans, as well as special programs for musculoskeletal health, mental wellness, and more.

 

Salaried employees may choose from two PPO medical plans through Anthem BlueCross, including our most popular plan, for which 100% of the premium is paid by Granite for eligible employees and dependents.  Employees can also opt into a Health Savings Account (HSA) or a Flexible Spending Account (FSA).

 

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